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Updated 9:00 pm, Thursday, February 20, 2014

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Construction continues during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons like Iron Man, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor. less

Construction continues during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons like Iron Man, a real ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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(From left) Stage Hand Joe Menchaca checks a station during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor less

(From left) Stage Hand Joe Menchaca checks a station during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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A meteorite exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum.

A meteorite exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum.

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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A meteorite exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum.

A meteorite exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum.

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Stage hand Gary Kinard opens boxes for parts during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor less

Stage hand Gary Kinard opens boxes for parts during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Crew members of Sheet Metal Workers' Local 67, continue construction during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor less

Crew members of Sheet Metal Workers' Local 67, continue construction during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Stage hand Gary Kinard adjusts the lighting during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor less

Stage hand Gary Kinard adjusts the lighting during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Crew members of Sheet Metal Workers' Local 67, continue construction during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor less

Crew members of Sheet Metal Workers' Local 67, continue construction during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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(From left) Stage Hands Lance Overstreet and Joe Menchaca walk through stations during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor less

(From left) Stage Hands Lance Overstreet and Joe Menchaca walk through stations during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Construction continues during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor. less

Construction continues during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Construction continues during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons like Iron Man, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor. less

Construction continues during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons like Iron Man, a real ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa, For The Express-News

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Construction continues during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons like Iron Man, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor. less

Construction continues during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons like Iron Man, a real ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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A meteorite exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum.

A meteorite exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum.

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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A meteorite exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum.

A meteorite exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum.

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Construction continues around Star Wars android C-3PO during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor. less

Construction continues around Star Wars android C-3PO during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa, For The Express-News

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Visitor Associate Jacob Martinez tapes final touches of a station during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and pop culture icons, a real science fair, and meteorite exhibit by a local contributor less

Visitor Associate Jacob Martinez tapes final touches of a station during the installation of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. The exhibit features sci-fi and ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Dr. Thomas L. Adams, curator of palentology and geology, explains how the magnetism in meteorites works. A meteorites exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds and Androids, is installed Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014 at the Witte Museum. less

Dr. Thomas L. Adams, curator of palentology and geology, explains how the magnetism in meteorites works. A meteorites exhibit by a local contributor sits on display while the rest of a new exhibit, Alien Worlds ... more

Photo: Julysa Sosa

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Jessica Garcia sits with her installation “Just Once More Than Never Again,” which is part of the On and Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour.

Jessica Garcia sits with her installation “Just Once More Than Never Again,” which is part of the On and Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour.

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Garcia kept finding chairs for “Just Once More Than Never Again.”

Garcia kept finding chairs for “Just Once More Than Never Again.”

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Artist Jessica Garcia sits with her installation "Just Once More Than Never Again" in San Antonio on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014.

Artist Jessica Garcia sits with her installation "Just Once More Than Never Again" in San Antonio on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014.

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Artist Jessica Garcia's installation "Just Once More Than Never Again" in San Antonio on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014.

Artist Jessica Garcia's installation "Just Once More Than Never Again" in San Antonio on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014.

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“Just Once More Than Never Again” is about how quickly things can fall apart.

“Just Once More Than Never Again” is about how quickly things can fall apart.

Oh, to actually high-five a Terminator or traipse across the Martian landscape. “Alien Worlds and Androids” explores the crossroads of the scientific and speculative worlds, showcasing sci-fi icons such as C-3PO and the xenomorph from the “Alien” movies alongside educational info on real-world sciences, such as the stuff of artificial intelligence and the human microbiome. The interactive exhibition also includes a supplemental collection of more than 30 meteorites, with a few from Mars and the moon that you can actually touch. Now that's hands-on beyond our world.

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On and Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour

In its seventh year, the studio tour has doubled in size since it began. This year's self-guided event features 80 artists who live and work in the area (including Rainey, left), along with 250 guest artists, flash theater performances, poetry readings and art demos.

Musical Bridges Around the World launches its inaugural Music Without Borders international music festival Saturday with the top-flight jazz of saxophonist Charles Lloyd and pianist Gerald Clayton (right). Besides his considerable work as a leader, Lloyd has collaborated with B.B. King, the Doors, the Beach Boys and Cannonball Adderley. Grammy-nominated pianist Clayton also is a respected composer whose work as a leader is opening ears all around the jazz world. The lineup for the weeklong event features more than a dozen artists, including the Israeli/Palestinian piano duo Amal on Sunday at 3 p.m.; Entre Flamenco (Feb. 28); Indian Fusion: Kinan Azmeh and Sandeep Das with Saint Petersburg String Quartet (March 1); and From Russia with Love (March 2).

Pianist Lo-An Lin (left), who won the 2012 San Antonio International Piano Competition, will play George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F major with the San Antonio Symphony this weekend. The program also holds Ravel's “Mother Goose” suite and Bartók's “The Miraculous Mandarin.”

This celebration of Chile's nueva canción (new song) movement, which arose in the late 1960s and early '70s, focuses on the enduring ties of this Latin folk music to the Chicano Movement in the U.S. “Cantemos Juntos: Cantos Chicanos y Chilenos en California” is a continuation of the superb music, art and literature “Chile Canta Al Mundo” series produced by Trinity University and the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center. Legendary Chilean and Chicano musicians such as Augustin Lira & ALMA, Lichi Fuentes and Hugo Wainzinger, Marci Manriquez and Ricardo Valdiviseso sing about human rights, social justice and politics.

Nonie Newton-Riley, who was Nonie Newton-Breen the last time she played the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, is once again in fine form in “Late Nite Catechism.” The basic show, filled with stories about Catholic education, is funny, but the real treat is watching the quick-witted Newton-Riley discipline miscreants in the audience. (Gum chewers and those who absolutely can't wait until intermission to use the restroom, consider yourselves warned.)